HARLINGEN, Texas (Border Report) — Hunger, poverty, violence and lack of jobs are among reasons driving thousands of migrants from their homelands in Latin American countries north to the U.S. border.

People make decisions about where to live, when to leave and where to move based on several complex factors. Among policymakers and people who study immigration, the term “push” factor is used to ...

“There’s a pull factor created by this, and the policies in Denver for paying for onward destinations,” Gutiérrez said. City leaders The Denver Gazette spoke to remained less than convinced. Several ...

A scheme offering the families of failed asylum seekers up to £40,000 to leave the UK will not be a “pull factor”, the Home Office has insisted. Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood said a small number of ...